Today I was telling a friend of mine about my (almost given up on) desire of wanting to live a healthier lifestyle. That wanting always resulted in a few months of healthy habits that inevitably created a terrible yo-yo affect that resulted in me losing and gaining 20 pounds just about every year.
I always assumed thats how it was supposed be for me. I would go hard at trying to lose weight for three months and then start eating like crazy again, gaining it all back.
If some of you remember last October I started using Cinch and lost about 14 lbs or so and a bunch of inches. I managed to keep it off through the holidays but after that I'm afraid to tell ya folks that I started living the same ole lifestyle again and I gained ALL of it back!
I would sneak out for candy bars, searching Pinterest for the latest hot desserts, and eating out more often than not. I was out of control! Many of you remember a few weeks back I did the Daniel fast and it was quite an eye opening experience for me.
I asked God to expose and break my weaknesses during my fast. I also asked Him to change my heart towards food and my life in general.
See for me my whole day centered around food. If I was bored I needed a snack. If I was sad I needed candy. If I was happy we needed to go out to eat and celebrate. If I was stressed I needed a good glass of Merlot.
I had developed some very interesting habits that had become strongholds. These strongholds kept me on the devil's short leash.
I don't know about anyone else but I didn't want to imagine living the rest of my life like that.
After the fast God clearly revealed some awesome things to me...
- I should seek him and only him during times of stress and when I am feeling lonely. He is my comforter.
- My body loves and thrives off plants and fruits.
- Sugar and processed foods were my drugs. I used them to avoid giving away "my" problems instead of allowing God to take care of everything.
- The better I eat, the better I live and feel. My fuel affects every aspect of my life.
Those four revealing things for me were enough for me to know that I should explore different eating styles and choose the best one that suited the lesson God taught me.
Tune in tomorrow for Part 2.
5 comments:
I love hearing about other people's 'food journeys', so to speak. We totally switched how we eat about 9 months ago due to illness and WOW, it has been insanely wonderful. God already provided everything we need au natural ;] Best of luck as you continue (I know it still gets hard for me!)
Thank you Rachel:)
Congrats! and thanks for the printable download! I adore that and will be putting that on my wall gallery!
Keeping the weight off is hard. I lost about 12 lbs. recently and I know they (I just realized I'm not sure who "they" are) But "they" say you shouldn't weigh yourself everyday. But I do because I can tell if I'm inching up and nip it in the bud. It's easier to deal with a half a lb. or a lb. than to realize you've gained several. I think the Daniel Fast was a great idea. I'm thinking of trying that.
In January my husband and I did the Daniel Fast. We felt so much better overall so after the fast was over we decided NOT to eat meat. We love it.
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